Ram Jethmalani criticizes BJP position on CBI director

NEW DELHI: In a fresh salvo, BJP MP Ram Jetrhmalani on Saturday criticized party position on appointment of new CBI director Ranjit Sinha.

In a letter to BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Jethmalani said: "BJP is wrong in questioning the appointment of CBI director."

Earlier, leader of Opposition in Lok SabhaSushma Swaraj and leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley had on Friday written letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that appointment of the new CBI director should not have been done when the Rajya Sabha Select Committee had recommended that such appointments should be done through a collegium.